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You can only have up to 3 primary and 1 logical partitions on a single hard drive.

Actually you can have up to 3 primary and 1 extended partition. Within the extended partition you can create numerous logical partitions. I know that you are aware of this, just clarifying the statement in case it causes confusion to others.

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and VistaHow to Setup a Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and Vista
This will show you how to install Windows 7 and Vista to dual boot with when you already have either Windows 7 or Vista installed first.With a dual boot installaton, you will have two operating systems (OS) installed. When you start...

Tutorials

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and 7 on 2 separate HDD1. I have Windows 7 (64 bit) ALREADY installed on a SINGLE hard drive.
2. I have a clean blank other SINGLE hard drive upon which I will install Windows 7 (32-bit).
3. Please understand this is TWO individual hard drives, I want an Operating System installed on each individually. (win7 on ONE,...

Installation & Setup

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XPI used to have a computer with Windows XP on which I could use Microsoft Works 2002 "Picture It 7". I now have a laptop with Windows 7 which does not have Microsoft Picture It and I believe that application was discontinued. I still have the old software but cannot use it with Windows 7 only with...

General Discussion

Re-installation of Windows 7/64 on SSD from Dual BootHello,
I'll give the "2 cent version" of my situation.
I have a dual-boot system (XP on mechanical HDD / Win 7/64 Pro on SSD). Recently, I had a series on infections damage my XP installation irrepairably and it is now time to move everything over to 7. I've just purchased a larger SSD to...

Can't Get a Dual-Boot Windows 7/Ubuntu Installation GoingI have two hard drives on my computer, one for my OS and apps (C:), and one for my data (D:). I recently reformatted my C: drive, re-installing Windows 7. I want to set up a dual-boot system with Ubuntu 10.04.
The problem I am having is that the Ubuntu installer recognizes my D: drive but not...